HOUSE BILL No. 5942 April 23, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Bishop, Kowall, Kuipers and Drolet and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and the Judiciary. A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled "Revised judicature act of 1961," by amending section 8123 (MCL 600.8123), as amended by 2000 PA 448. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 Sec. 8123. (1) The forty-third district consists of the 2 cities of Madison Heights, Ferndale, and Hazel Park, is a dis- 3 trict of the third class, and has 3 judges. 4 (2) The forty-fourth district consists of the city of Royal 5 Oak, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges. 6 (3) The forty-fifth-a district consists of the city of 7 Berkley, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge. 8 (4) The forty-fifth-b district consists of the cities of 9 Huntington Woods, Oak Park, and Pleasant Ridge and the township 06109'01 * DRM 2 1 of Royal Oak in the county of Oakland, is a district of the third 2 class, and has 2 judges. 3 (5) The forty-sixth district consists of the cities of 4 Southfield and Lathrup Village and the township of Southfield in 5 the county of Oakland, is a district of the third class, and has 6 3 judges. 7 (6) The forty-seventh district consists of the cities of 8 Farmington and Farmington Hills, is a district of the third 9 class, and has 2 judges. Subject to section 8175, this district 10 may have 1 additional judge subject to review and recommendation 11 by the state court administrator to the legislature and subse- 12 quent legislation, if and when a district court judgeship is 13 eliminated within the state of Michigan. 14 (7) The forty-eighth district consists of the cities of 15 Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor, and 16 Orchard Lake Village and the townships of Bloomfield and West 17 Bloomfield in the county of Oakland, is a district of the third 18 class, and has 3 judges. 19 (8) The fiftieth district consists of the city of Pontiac, 20 is a district of the third class, and has THE FOLLOWING NUMBER OF 21 JUDGES: 22 (A) UNTIL SUBDIVISION (B) TAKES EFFECT, THIS DISTRICT HAS 4 23 judges. 24 (B) THIS DISTRICT HAS 3 JUDGES BEGINNING ON THE EARLIEST OF 25 THE FOLLOWING DATES: 26 (i) THE DATE ON WHICH A VACANCY OCCURS IN THE OFFICE OF 27 DISTRICT JUDGE IN THIS DISTRICT AS A RESULT OF DEATH, 06109'01 * 3 1 RESIGNATION, RETIREMENT, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE, OR REMOVAL OF 2 DOMICILE BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE DISTRICT. 3 (ii) UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF AN INCUMBENT JUDGE 4 WHO IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO SEEK REELECTION TO THAT OFFICE. 5 (iii) UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF AN INCUMBENT JUDGE 6 WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO SEEK REELECTION BUT WHO DOES NOT FILE BY AFFI- 7 DAVIT TO SEEK REELECTION TO THAT OFFICE OR WHO WITHDRAWS WITHIN 8 3 DAYS AFTER FILING BY AFFIDAVIT TO SEEK REELECTION TO THAT 9 OFFICE. 10 (9) The fifty-first district consists of the township of 11 Waterford in the county of Oakland, is a district of the third 12 class, and has 2 judges. 13 (10) The fifty-second district consists of the county of 14 Oakland except the cities of Madison Heights, Ferndale, Hazel 15 Park, Royal Oak, Berkley, Huntington Woods, Oak Park, Pleasant 16 Ridge, Southfield, Lathrup Village, Farmington, Farmington Hills, 17 Northville, Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake Village, 18 Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, and Pontiac and the townships of 19 Royal Oak, Southfield, West Bloomfield, Bloomfield, and 20 Waterford, is a district of the second class, and is divided into 21 the following election divisions: 22 (a) The first division consists of the cities of Novi, South 23 Lyon, Wixom, and Walled Lake and the townships of Milford, 24 Highland, Commerce, Lyon, and Novi. Until January 1, 2003, the 25 first division also includes the townships of Rose and White 26 Lake. The first division has 3 judges. Subject to section 8175, 27 this division may have 1 additional judge effective January 1, 06109'01 * 4 1 2003. If the Oakland county board of commissioners approves that 2 additional judgeship, the judgeship in the first division that is 3 filled by the district judge of the first division whose term 4 expires January 1, 2005 is transferred to the second division, 5 effective January 1, 2003. 6 (b) The second division consists of the city of the village 7 of Clarkston and the townships of Springfield, Independence, 8 Holly, Groveland, and Brandon. Beginning January 1, 2003, the 9 second division also includes the townships of Rose and White 10 Lake. The second division has 1 judge; however, effective 11 January 1, 2003, this division shall have 2 judges if a judgeship 12 is transferred to this division from the first division pursuant 13 to subdivision (a). 14 (c) The third division consists of the cities of Rochester, 15 Auburn Hills, Rochester Hills, and Lake Angelus and the townships 16 of Oxford, Addison, Orion, and Oakland and has 3 judges. SUBJECT 17 TO SECTION 8175, THIS DISTRICT MAY HAVE 1 ADDITIONAL JUDGE EFFEC- 18 TIVE ON JANUARY 1 OF THE FIRST ODD NUMBERED YEAR THAT BEGINS AT 19 LEAST 9 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE NUMBER OF JUDGES IN 20 THE FIFTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT IS REDUCED FROM 4 TO 3 AS PROVIDED 21 IN SUBSECTION (8). 22 (d) The fourth division consists of the cities of Troy and 23 Clawson and has 3 judges. 06109'01 * Final page. DRM